Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1880 — Praise. [ARTICLE]

Praise.

As a general thing we are too chary in praising and encouraging the efforts of the young, too free in ccjtidsiug and depreciating them. Manyavilifcrs powers in various directions are thrust back into inactivity by the cold, unappreciative reception theyanaet witla jClSjtdf-djj ly adopt the s*ntimenttf^odlhlii§eldefs, and soon learn to put the same vhlue on their own powers that others do. The parent, the teacher, and tine employer can easily teach lessdidf of self-deprecia- < tion which may cling through life, ant 1 forever prevent the development of powers that, under more favorable auspices, might have proved n*bless ; ng to the community; or. on sh" other hand, by cheerful encouragement and wholesome commendation, they may nourish many a tiny germ of ability and talent that may one day come to bo a mighty influ-ence—-ft perceptible power in the world.